The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-28

ture attending midnight caucuses at the
Markham House with Judge Reese, and
others, fixing up twenty years lease. The
history of the formation of the penitentlary
camps was as rich as a nut. He had not
been able to get the truth in this connection.
He has been told that camps Two and Three
had been started with four convicts out OF
| Fulton county Jail. The records show that
three camps were organized with nine CON
victs, which had been secured for Gen,
| Phillips of the Marietta and North Georgia
railroad. He had been told by prominent
lessee that the long lease had been effected
to secure the convicts, and keep any one
else from getting them.
Mr.. Harrison, of Quitman, called MIR.
| Huff's attention to decision of the Su-
preme Court
Mr. Huff then continued by saying that
he knew all about that decision. He knew
who delivered il and how he came to de-
| liver it, and would tell the Legislature all
about it, He had plowed all around this
question and proposed to tell what he had
found. He wanted to know where the pen
itentiary was. He would defy the world
the flesh and the devil to point one out
| There was no penitentiary and the
lessees wanted none. Judge Reese
had told him that the act distinctly
provided for a penitentiary. Now he
wanted to know where the penitentiary
was. Col. Shubrick laughed when he was
asked the question, and said there was none.
Gov. Brown when he asked him if there
had been additional legislation on the con-
victs outside the lease act, said yes, that
there had been some, and that he bad been
robbed by the State. He wanted again to
make the assertion, that a more Internal
swindle had never been put on a State wheth-
err North or South. A duplicate of such a
transaction could not be found in the his
tory of any country on the face of the
globe. He referred to the scene now
being enacted in the Supreme Court. There
sat Gov. Gordon, an original lessee, preSid-
ing with the Attorney General at his side.
There sat the lessees, backed by six of the
ablest lawyers in the State Why, the
Governor said of the system that the State
was besmeared and besmirched from bead
to foot with the filthy thing.
The committee then arose, reported
progress and asked leave to sit again. The
House then adjourned till tonight.
SESSION BY GAS LIGHT.
The House held session tonight by gas
light
The Senate amendment to the bill to in
corporate the Bank of Hawkinsville was
concurred in, as was also the amendment to
the bill prohibiting practicng attorneys
from acting as jury commissioners.
By unanimous consent Mr.. Simmons had
his bill passed to amend the charter of
Americas.
The bin by Mr. McLendon, of Thomas, to
appropriate $4,000 to the trustees of the
State University for the purpose of COM
plotting the agricultural college at Thomas
vile, amended by the committee so as to
make the sum So, 500, was taken up by the
House committee and passed.
Mr.. Lamar's bill to amend section of
the general tax act for 1887 and 1888,
passed.
Mr.. Morgan's bill to define what is post
ing lands in this State, passed
The bill of Mr.. Riley, of Chatham, to
provide for the appointment of Surgeon
for each light battery of artillery, passed
The bin of Mr., Humphreys, of Clinch, to
appropriate money TO pay NJ. NJ Caswell
for an artificial arm, was considered in COM
mittee of the whole and passed.
The bill of Mr.. johnson, of Screven, to
make it unlawful for any peddler to expose
his wares on the land of another without
consent of the owner came up.
Mr.. Hunt, of Hancock, offered an amend
ment that the bill was not to apply To mar
ried ex-Confederate soldiers, which was
adopted
The bill was lost and the House adjourned.